Re: [Harp-L] Play country

[Jeff Baker <acornfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Norton Buffalo played alot of great country stuff . Check out his  
"Lovin' in the Valley of the Moon " CD
 His song "18 Wheels " (can't get much countrier than that) has a  
Great solo !

    JB


On Jan 18, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Ryan Bannister wrote:

> Tony-
> Great to hear someone wantin' to harp up some alt-country. Too  
> often folks
> get stuck in Blues and spending so much time on the "you must sound  
> like
> (walter, butterfield, sonny boy, etc.) or die trying".
> I currently play in an alt-country group here in Central PA. Some good
> folks to listen to would be:
> Mickey Raphael, he is Willie Nelsons harp player, and has done many  
> side
> projects in the genre as well.
> Jeff Tweedy, formerly of Uncle Tupelo and currently fronts Wilco.  
> He did
> some harp on Uncle Tupelo (most underrated alt-country group ever)  
> and does
> occasional harp on Wilco stuff.
> Pig Pen, played harp for Grateful Dead, had some pretty good licks  
> on their
> bluesy/country stuff, particularly Operator(Bb) from the American  
> Beauty
> album.
> Finding riffs that work is the fun part. Just create your own. The
> alt-country sound is so open for expression, you can do whatever  
> you want
> with it.
> Keep us posted on your progress, and findings. This list gets so  
> bogged
> down in Blues, it seems folks forget how much other harpin' can be  
> done out
> there.
>
> Blow Steady,
>
> Uncle Dirty
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Tony Stephens <tnysteph@xxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
>
> > I am interested in alt-country music. Any good advice on where to  
> > find
> > riffs that will work with this type of music?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone